PSPgo dips to £149 in the UK, have cooler heads prevailed?
By Paul Miller 
posted November 30th 2009 12:09PM
posted November 30th 2009 12:09PM
While we might think of the $250 PSPgo pricetag in the States as a criminal act on the part of an out-of-touch and-yet-malicious multinational corporation, we can only imagine how our unfortunate counterparts in the UK felt, staring down a £225 list price (about $371 US). Luckily, that quickly dropped to £200 after a week of sales, and now the console can be had for as low as £149 at UK entertainment retailer HMV. That converts rather tidily to $245 US, which is unfortunately about as far as the console has been discounted around these parts. There's no way to tell how many more months of dour faces and crossed arms pointed in the general direction of Sony Computer Entertainment America it'll take to get that price down to something more realistic Stateside, at which point we can start this whole UK / US price disparity drama all over again.
That's a pretty decent price once you realise that it includes 15% sales tax.
i'll buy this for $150
Thanks but no thanks, my pockets are bulging enough already.
still expensive
@Tarantula Not really, it includes 15% tax and you also get the standard Euro warranty, so if anything fails unreasonably regardless of the device warranty period (like RROD or YLOD) you just hand it back to the retailer who has the responsibility of getting you a replacement.
@TC Yes, really, considering you can pick up the PSP 3000 with Invisimals, Little Big Planet (or GT PSP)AND an accessory kit for £136.99 from Argos. That makes the Go horribly bad value for money considering the PSP 3000 does virtually everything the Go does with the added bonus of not being tied in to Sony's on-line store for your games. Oh, and a bigger screen. And access to second-hand games.
OK just checked out HMV's website and it's selling at £199. Same as Amazon... Where's the £149 PSP Go, am I missing something?
Honestly what the PS brand needs is a phone. People like to have all of their devices in one, if they made a Phone/ robust media player (with walkman branding)/ and PSP caliber gaming device, with Playstation store built in, and 32 - 64GB internal memory, tand market it heavily with artificla hype and everything, it can be the next iPhone.
@poematik14: Spot-on. They need to make something like a "PSP Communicator with Walkman Technology" (obviously the marketing department would need to work on that), that looks like a PSP, has the standard phone functions, and leverages their Walkman brand around a software-based player. It has to undercut the iPhone in price too, sell it for $99 on contract, make your money back on games and media.
But it's Sony, and they're stupid, so they won't do that.
@(Unverified) Completely agree, but I honestly believe the PSP2 will have those features and an extra thumbstick.....
@TC nooooo, that's so yesterday. It needs the buttons and two programmable touch sensitive areas that are not on the screen itself.
(sort of like the palm pre has) instead of the clunky analog stick that I keep wearing out -best of both worlds.
...and it should phone.
...and having some browser that can render more that one line of html per day would also be nice.
I still wouldn't buy one, it's too small for my hands, I'll stick with my 3000 with a big memory card in it.
the price is still £199, Where is it £149?
If we keep on not buying, it could get even cheaper :)
I think they should combine it with a cellphone, otherwise i wouldn't carry this thing in my pocket.
Gutted, I just bought one last week, I wonder if I can get a rebate...
@DiGiC
pwned
@DiGiC
Don't know if the UK's the same on this but usually in NA you'd be able to price adjust that within 30 days-just need proof of the competitor's price.
It was a one-day deal on hmv...
In Germany some stores are selling it for 189–199€. At this price I'm getting one! :-)
dour faces
Any chance they can do the same thing with the PS3.
The 120GB
$299 in US
£249 in UK
Amazingly the Xbox Elite is different
$299 in US
£199 in UK.
Is Microsoft's pound worth more than Sony's
It's difficult for me to feel sorry for any of you guys above the Equator.
The cheapest you can get a PSP Go here in Australia is about $398 Our dollar is worth about 92 cents US at the moment.
Sony distributes PlayStation products in Australia under the SCEE banner. I wish we could have a similar price point!
Are UK people richer than the US?
£ 149 is about the retail price they are asking for in HK.
Fry's has them on sale fairly often (for something that came out so recently). $199 + our 10% tax.
Sorry, but I really cant see the benefits of a PSP Go over the iPhone or, for those not wishing to engage in a contract, an iPod touch?
I wont harp on with a product v's product comparison and yes, Im sure they're are some people who'd prefer the Sony; but not at that price (when it does less than the touch) and not at that level of specification. If you really want true gaming portability, I'd stick to an iphone/touch and perhaps a PSP3000 or DS.
SONY IS TREATING YOU ALL LIKE IDIOTS!
I will quote myself from 3 months ago...
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"My Crystal ball tells me this introductory price is for shafting people long-term, it will drop by $100 around Christmas, then people will think their getting a bargain... in actuality its not even worth that, as its still a way inferior product... stopped buying Sony years ago... had a good laugh at its regular marketing bullshit ever since, I advise you all to do the same ;)"
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/psp-go-review/
Ha!